Chapter 14

528 16 56
                                    

We make it back to Liyue, with barely any sunlight left in the sky.

Despite the beautiful sunset, our mood wasn't as beautiful and bright. Especially mine.

I don't even know if my friends are alive right now. And that scares me, more than anything.

Just the thought of them being dead sent chilling shivers up my spine.

Baizhu eyed me with concern as we entered Bubu Pharmacy.

Silence passed between us as we both sat down in the nearby chairs.

There were so many things we both wanted to say, but in the end we both stayed quiet.

Eventually the door opened, which broke our awkward silence.

When the person walked down the hallway and entered the room, they saw us.

Oh. It's just Xiao and Ningguang.

"You guys came back and you didn't even tell us. How rude."

Ningguang said dramatically.

"They were probably making out or something."

Ningguang laughed at his comment.

But afterwards silence filled the room.

Neither of us reacted to his comment, not even a little blush on our faces. We just sat there in silence, sadness taking over.

Ningguang and Xiao gave each other a look, before turning back to us.

"What happened?" 

After I explained everything I ended up breaking down again.

"I'm scared, and I've never been so scared in my life. I'm afraid, I'm terrified. And I don't know what to do."

"All you can do now is hope that they're still alive."

"But what if they aren't? What if I come back and find out that all my friends are dead? I didn't even get to see Rosaria before I left. What if I come back and I see her on the ground, dead?"

"It'll be all my fault."

"Not it's not-"

"Stop saying that! Yes it is my fault! Everything! I screwed up! I should've stayed at the lab, but I was an idiot and I thought I could actually be free! They saw me with Baizhu! What next they attack Liyue and everybody here dies too?!"

"I cause trouble for everyone. I cause pain! And it's not like I try to, but that's just how my life works! So stop saying that it's not my fault! And that everything is going to be fine! Because it's not! Hundreds of people are dead! Because of my ignorance! So stop lying to me to make me feel better! Just admit it! It's all my fault!"

I broke down into a sobbing mess. I wanted to yell and scream. But I couldn't. I didn't have the strength to.

And then the second time today Baizhu hugged me.

"Everything is going to be fine."

I wrapped my arms around him, and continued to cry.

Something that I also really like about Baizhu is that he is such a great comforter. No matter how sad I felt he always knows how to make me feel better.

After about a minute or two I finally calmed down. I buried my face in his chest, and his arms wrapped tighter around me.

"Thank you..."

"Your welcome, Y/N.."

When I looked back up, I saw that Xiao and Ningguang had left.

Did those two leave so it could be just us two? They really know what they're doing.

𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕/𝑨 𝑩𝒂𝒊𝒛𝒉𝒖 𝒙 𝑭𝒆𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚Where stories live. Discover now